Fence post



Feb.- 3, 1931.` H. w. woLF 1,791,295

FENCE Pos1.' Filecrspt.l 9. 1929 wir@ tot Patented Feb. 3, 1931 l STATES HAROLD W. WOLF, OF GUTHRIE CENTER, IOWA FENCE POST Application led September 9, 1929. Serial No. 391,480.

The principal object of my invention isto provide a metal fence post to which the wire may be easily and quickly attached or detached.

'6 A further object of this invention is to provide a metal fence post that. permits the tightening oi' the wire while it is secured to the post.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a metal fence post that is economical in manufacture and durable in use.

rihese and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in theart.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts oi the device, whereby the. objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of my invention in use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my fence post supporting a fence.

With the increasing scarcity of the timber, people are turning more and more tothe use of metal fence posts. The chief objections, however, to metal posts are the methods employed to secure the fence to the p ost. The most universal method used to-day is to bind the fence to the post by a length of wire wrapped around the post. which not only prevents the fence from being tightened after being fastened to the post, but to successfully hold the wire from moving longitudinally of the post. Also the securing of the fence to the post by suoli methods re quires a considerable expenditure of both time and money. I have overcome these o bjections as will be appreciated by those familiar with the art. v

I have used the numeral 10 to designate the ordinary metal post of T-iron construction, having the anchoring plate 11 mounted in the earth 12 in the usual manner.

Formed on the face of the post l0 and in a longitudinal plane as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are a plurality of pairs ot spaced apart projections, each pair comprising an upper projection 13 and a lower projection 14. It

is between the projectionsl and 1l4 that the wire 15 is to be placed and held and their disv tancefrom each other is such that the wire 15 carrying the barbs 16 may be readily moved or pulled in either direction between them. This movement of the wire between the two projections which may take place when the wire is tightened is facilitated by 'the projection 13 and the projection 14 having their outer edges curved away from each other, thereby the lateral edges of the projections act as a guide to steer the Wire and barbs through the opening between them.

The wire, after once being placed between the projections 13 and 14, is prevented :trom being detached therefrom by a headed pin 17 which may be readily passed through a hole in the free end of each of the projections 13 and 14 as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. By this arrangement to detach the wire from the post it is merely necessary to slip the pin upwardly and out of the projection and the wire will be free to be moved outwardly from the post. The projection may be cast with the post if the post is a cast iron one, or secured to the postby suitable means such as brazing or the like if the post is of channel iron construction. It it is not desired to use a plurality of pins 17, a single length of wire may be passed through all the projections.

such a construction as I have above described it will easily be seen that the projection 13 will prevent the strand of wire'adjacent to it from moving upwardly on the post and the projection 14 will prevent that wire from moving downwardly on the post and the pin 17 or wire strand, will prevent the wire from becoming detached from the posts between the two projections Some lchanges may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved Jfence post without departing from the real spirit and -purpose of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of meclianicalequivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a vertical post member, a projection on said post member having its two side edges extending upwardly and outwardly, a second projection spaced apart and below said first mentioned projection secured to said post and having its two side edges extending out wardly and downwardly for guiding barbed wire between said first and second mentioned projections", and a means for securing a. wire fence between said projections.

2. In a device of the class described, a vertical post member, a plurality of projections on said post member spaced apart each having its two side edges extending upwardly and outwardly, a projection below and spaced apart from each of said first mentione'd projections and secured to said post member, respectively; said last mentioned projections located below said iirst mentioned projections, each having its two side edges extending outwardly and downwardly for guiding barbed wire between the upper and lower` projections, respectively, anda pin extending through each pair of projections for securing a strand of wire between each pair of projections.

3. In a device of the class described, avertical post member, av plurality of spaced apart projections on said post member each having its two side edges extending upwardly and outwardly,aprojection spaced apart from and below each of said first mentioned projections on said post member; said last mentioned proj ections below said first mentioned projections each having its two side edges extending downwardly and outwardly for guiding barbed wire between said pairs of projections, and a rod extending through holes in the forward end of each pair of projections for securing a strand of wire between each pairv o1 projections; said holes' in said projections being in line with each other and in the same vertical plane.

HAROLD W. WGLF. 

